Charlton 18-year-old accused of shooting arrow into car

An 18-year-old Charlton man has been arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after allegedly firing a crossbow into a car on Haggerty Road about 2 p.m. yesterday.

Paul Edwards of 59 Haggerty Road was arrested by Charlton police after a two-hour search that involved police dogs from the Southbridge police and the Massachusetts State Police, according to Charlton Police Sgt. Daniel Dowd. The state police helicopter also was involved in the search.

When police were called to the scene, two young adults said somebody had shot an arrow into the car. An arrow was recovered in the vehicle, Sgt. Dowd said.

The occupants suffered minor cuts from the glass from a shattered passenger window. Sgt. Dowd said Edwards, who has been an honor roll student at Shepherd Hill Regional High School, and the victims were acquainted.

Edwards' father told WHDH-TV that said police told him the incident was a drug deal gone wrong.